Image: Seine and Eiffel-tower in the sunset by Henri Rousseau (1910)
Support in response to the Paris terrorist attacks:
- Google has made international calls via Hangouts free to France. Project Fi calls to France are also free. (limited time)
- Facebook Safety Check lets you tell your friends and family you are safe
- Telstra offers free calls to France through November 21st
Upcoming Events
- Interested in the Google Top Contributor Program? Mark your calendar for December 3rd (Google Top Contributor Program)
- Are you a teen artist? Or do you know any artistic students in grades K through 12? Check out the Doodle 4 Google contest (Google)
Google+ and your Google Identity
- New! The new Google About Me page (aboutme.google.com) lets you control what people see about you, no Google+ Profile required (Amber Yust)
- Contest: Google+ writers and poets: this week's Google+ Collection #FeatureFriday contest is for you! (Google+ Creators Community)
- Google+ is highlighting Communities and Collections by theme:
- Foodies: Recipe Collections and Communities (Google+)
- Space Explorers: Space Collections and Communities (Google+)
Local Businesses and Maps
- New! Google Maps can now give you turn-by-turn directions and Local business information without an internet connection (Google Maps)
- Tips Do you manage the online presence of Local businesses? Here's what you need to know about Local's move away from Google+ Local Pages and on to Maps (Miriam Ellis @ Moz)
- New! Are you an expert in your local area? Join the Google Local Guides community and earn points and badges by sharing reviews, photos, or improving Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
- New! Get holiday shopping deals and offers texted to your phone - if you have a small business set up your ads! (US only) (AdWords)
YouTube
- New! The YouTube Music app is designed for music lovers - including a free 14 day trial of YouTube Red, no credit card required (US only)
- Update See your estimated video views in real time with the YouTube Analytics Realtime report (YouTube Creators)
- Update:Free iPhone video editing tools from Fly Labs available for the next 3 months (Fly Labs Inc)
- Tip: Whether you are a business, brand, or just have a hobby channel, you can capitalize on video "micro-moments" (Think With Google)
- Update: Project Butter: smoother YouTube video playback in Chrome (YouTube Engineering and Developers Blog)
Google Photos
- New! Better mobile video editing coming to Google Photos? Google acquires iOS video editing app maker Fly Labs (Fly Labs and The Verge)
- New! Emotion recognition: Microsoft's Project Oxford uses machine learning to identify emotions based on facial expressions in photos (Microsoft)
Hangouts
- New! Google Hangouts is rolling out a new streamlined video call experience. The original interface will still be available (Eduardo Fernandez)
- Update: Hangouts for iOS v6: bug fixes and quality improvements
Live Broadcasting
- Tips: How to set up a Hangout on Air live broadcast from YouTube Live Events or Google+ with a Google+ Page-connected channel (Google+ discussion of this post)
- New! Get notified of Facebook Live broadcasts by clicking the new Subscribe button (Facebook)
AdSense
Productivity
- Tips Gmail and Inbox - better together?! (Lifehacker)
- Update Add or respond to comments - right in the Google Sheets Android app (Google Docs)
AI is coming?
- Google open-sources their machine learning system TensorFlow (Google Blog)
- With quantum computing simulator, Microsoft offers a sneak peek into future of computing (Microsoft)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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